NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 Assessment Schedule

NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 1 of 11

Assessment Schedule – 2012 Music: Demonstrate knowledge of conventions in a range of music scores (91276)

Evidence Statement

Question Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence

ONE Score Extract A: Cavatina

(a) (i) Identifies ONE Italian term:

 Slowly: Lento / Adagio (accept Largo / Grave)

 Smoothly: Legato

(ii) Identifies the instrument AND Explains ONE reason why the the instruction it would be double bass would be unable to unable to follow: follow the instruction to play

 Instrument: Double bass smoothly / legato, eg:

 Instruction: Smoothly / legato  because the notes are plucked (or pizz), the sound dies away, causing a break between the notes

 because there are rests between the notes.

(iii) Identifies TWO of: Explains the meaning of TWO,

① Phrase mark eg:

② Slur ① Play all the notes as a single idea ③ Tie. ② Play the notes smoothly / together (without tonguing)

③ Play / sustain the notes (for the full duration of both / all) without a break

Other responses possible.

(iv) Identifies the tempo modifications and describes ONE similarity and ONE difference between them:

 Similarity: “rit.” means slow down (at once)

 Difference: ‘poco’ means ‘a little’, ‘molto’ means ‘a lot’ NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 2 of 11

(v) Identifies the sections of the score AND explains the order in which they are played, exactly as shown:

First Last Musical instr uctio n

1 51 D.C. al Ø

1 24 To CODA

52 63 CODA NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 3 of 11

Question One cont’d

(b) (i) Identifies the quantity of THREE Identifies the quality AND intervals. quantity of THREE intervals.

 Perfect 4th

 Major 13th / compound major 6th

 Minor 13th / compound minor 6th

 (Perfect) octave (or 8th)

(ii) Transcribes the double bass part into the L.H. piano part, with:

 FOUR (of 5) pitches correct

 key signature

 all rests

 note / rest alignment correct

 all stem directions correct.

(iii) Identifies the transcription error, ie the notes are written an octave higher (than the guitar sounds) / should have been written an octave lower (to match the pitch of the guitar).

(iv) Transcribes the flute part for alto saxophone, with:

 key signature correct

 ALL pitches correct

 note / rest alignment correct

 all stem directions correct. NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 4 of 11

N1 N2 A3 A4 M5 M6 E7 E8

ONE partial TWO pieces of TWO pieces of THREE pieces TWO pieces of THREE pieces ONE piece of TWO pieces of piece of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at evidence at evidence at Achievement Achievement Achievement Merit level. Merit level. Excellence Excellence

Achievement level. level. level. level. level. level.

N0= No response; no relevant evidence. NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 5 of 11

TWO Score Extract B: “Five Eyes”

(a) (i) Identifies the key of ONE Gives ONE piece of evidence to passage: justify the identification of ONE key, eg:

 A – D minor  Raised / sharpened leading note, C♯, in bar 10

 Perfect cadence implied over bars 10–11 (bass has dominant–tonic)

 B – D major  Raised third, F♯, throughout passage

 Pedal D (tonic pedal) in bass

 D major is the tonic major of the home key, D minor

(ii) Identifies the Roman numerals Identifies the Roman numerals Identifies the Roman numerals for a perfect cadence, and for a perfect cadence, and for a perfect cadence, and correctly notates: notates a perfect cadence in notates a perfect cadence in

 bass notes (A, D) D minor with correct bass notes D minor, with no errors. and durations, and in the upper  durations (‰ | Œ). parts no more than two of the following incorrect:

 raised leading note (C♯)

 leading note not doubled

 stepwise movement from leading note to tonic

 no notes omitted from either chord

 smooth voice-leading (ie not just block chords).

Other voicings possible.

(b) (i) Identifies THREE (of four) compositional devices. NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 6 of 11

 First instance of melisma:

- old (bar 5)

 Imitation (ONE of):

- Squeaking and scamp’ring” (19–20)

- “Then down they pounce” (21–23)

 Three bars of contrary motion:

- “In Hans’ old mill his three black cats Watch the bins for the” (4–6 OR 5–7)

 Three bars in thirds:

- “Squeaks from the flour sacks, squeaks from where The cold wind stirs on the” (15–17)

Question Two cont’d

(b) (ii) Identifies ONE instance of Explains why the anacrusis is EACH compositional device, eg: used, eg:

 With anacrusis:  So the accented word or

- “In” (bar 4) syllable is on a strong / down / first beat of the bar - “Their” (bar 10)

- “The” (bar 16)

- “Then” (bar 21 / 22)

- “At” (bar 23)

- “While” (bar 25)

 Without anacrusis:

- “Watch” (bar 7)

- “Whisker” (bar 9)

- “Squeaks” (bar 15)

- “Squeaking” (bar 19 / 20)

(iii) Identifies and explains the use of TWO compositional devices for EACH lyrical phrase, eg:

 “Then down they pounce …”

- Imitation in vocal parts (bars NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 7 of 11

21–23) suggests the cats pouncing one after another

- Upper accompaniment figure (inverted in bars 23 and 25) suggests the cats’ long tails moving

- Move to tonic major key (D major) suggests playfulness / a lighter mood

 “Then up he climbs …”

- Chromatic ascending of melodic line describes climbing

- Lack of key centre suggests instability, as of the “creaking mill”

- Imitation between voice parts suggests the cats emerging at different times

Other responses possible.

N1 N2 A3 A4 M5 M6 E7 E8

ONE partial ONE piece of TWO pieces of THREE pieces ONE piece of TWO pieces of ONE piece of TWO pieces of piece of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at evidence at evidence at evidence at evidence at Achievement Achievement Achievement Merit level. Merit level. Excellence Excellence

THREE Score Extract C: “Poi E”

(a) (i) Identifies and describes TWO string techniques used in bars 1–10:

 arco: the strings are played with the bow

 double-stopping: notes on two strings are played simultaneously

 pizzicato: the strings are plucked.

(ii) Identifies TWO instruments: Explains that these instruments

 [A] – Clarinet are all transposing instruments / their sounding pitch is different  [B] – Horn from the written pitch.  [C] – Trumpet

 [D] – Double bass

(iii) Describes TWO ways that pairs of instruments are directed to play in unison, AND specifies one pair of EACH instruments so directed.

 “a 2” (ONE of):

- flutes – bars 6, 15

- oboes – bar 15

- clarinets (accept “[A]”) – bar 19

- bassoons – bars 5, 15

- horns (accept “[B]”) – bar 15

- trumpets (accept “[C]”) – bar 15

- trombones – bar 15

 notes with stems up and down (ONE of):

- horns (accept “[B]”) – bar 1 NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 9 of 11

- clarinets (accept “[A]”) – bar 5

(b) (i) Identifies THREE chords using Identifies THREE chords using Names the scale degree of the EITHER Roman numeral OR BOTH Roman numeral AND root of all FOUR chords. jazz / rock notation. jazz / rock notation.

Roman numeral Jazz / rock Scale degree

(1) iib Bm/D Supertonic

(2) I¸4 A¸4 Tonic

(3) V E Dominant

(4) V7 E7 Dominant NCEA Level 2 Music (91276) 2012 — page 10 of 11

Question Three cont’d

(b) (ii) Prepares the score by including Partially transcribes the score Accurately transcribes FOUR on every stave: by including: (of 6) brass parts to open score.

 the instrument names (accept  the tempo marking

[B] and [C] for Horns and  dynamic markings Trumpets)  correct stem directions  the key signature of D major  rests in empty bars.  the time signature of c

N1 N2 A3 A4 M5 M6 E7 E8

ONE partial ONE piece of TWO pieces of THREE pieces TWO pieces of THREE pieces TWO pieces of THREE pieces piece of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at of evidence at evidence at Achievement Achievement Achievement Merit level. Merit level. Excellence Excellence

Judgement Statement

Not Achieved Achievement Achievement Achievement with Merit with Excellence

Score range 0 – 8 9 – 13 14 – 19 20 – 24